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Steve Hofstetter wouldn’t just be performing Monday at the Spokane Comedy Club if the Spokane Indians were in town.

Thirty years ago, when Roger Welch was first named artistic director of Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, the first show he did was “The Sound of Music.”

Alonzo Bodden feels for those who died when the submersible, Titan, imploded on the way to explore the wreckage of the Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean last week. “It’s awful but why go down there?” Bodden said. “Why take such a chance?”

Created by electronics brand Asus, the ROG Ally was released on June 13 to mostly positive reviews. Although handheld game consoles are hardly new, there was an noticeable lull in their production prior to the surprising success of the Steam Deck last year. Nintendo has always been the dominating force in handheld gaming, with all other competitors struggling to stay afloat.

In the desert kingdom of Agrabah, the dreams are robust. The street rat chases success while a genie pines for freedom. A princess wants her voice to be heard, while a villain schemes to take over the throne.

The Summer Game Fest 2023 showcased loads of upcoming video games earlier this month, and by far one of the biggest surprises was Sonic Superstars – a title that, by the looks of it, is Sega trying its very best to appease nearly every type of Sonic the Hedgehog fan at once.

Hyperbole is a big tool in many comedian’s sheds. However, that’s not so for the outrageous and unpredictable Steph Tolev, who will perform Friday and Saturday at the Spokane Comedy Club.

It’s not easy for a quintet to stay intact for nearly 20 years. However, Railroad Earth featured the same lineup from 2001 until the passing of multi-instrumentalist Andy Goessling in 2018.

The Polish Ambassador, aka David Sugalski, only played and visited Spokane once but he enjoyed the vibe. “It was around 2014 and I liked what I saw,” Sugalski said. “I’m not a big city guy. I like what a smaller town brings.”

Sera Cahoone isn’t depressed. Just because the Seattle singer-songwriter is so adept at writing sad songs doesn’t mean that she’s bummed.

Lone Bellow made a stylistic shift with its 2020 release “Half Moon Light.” The Brooklyn-based band morphed from country to an indie rock sound, which found an adult alternative audience, thanks to producer Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran).

Amid all the new game announcements at Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase, it might have been easy to miss the announcements Apple made June 5-9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference about gaming on macOS.

One way to mark the 45th anniversary of the release of the film “Grease” is to kick off a run of the production of the beloved romantic comedy. Spokane Valley Summer Theatre will open its season Friday on the very day, June 16, when “Grease” debuted on screens in 1978.

When a fan recently told the Steel Woods guitarist Wes Bayliss that he was born in the wrong era, Bayliss laughed. “I said, ‘I’m from the future,’ ” Bayliss joked.

Marlon Wayans is used to life with heavyweights. So it wasn’t a big deal for him to act with such Hollywood titans as Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in the film “Air,” the entertaining biographical sports drama about the origin of the Nike Air Jordan sneaker.

It’s hard to believe that Jeff Allen, who is the epitome of a clean comic, was once a blue humorist who suffered from drug and alcohol addiction.

There are a number of reasons to arrive early for Chris Stapleton’s sold out tour opener Thursday at the Spokane Arena. Local boy made good Allen Stone will kick off Stapleton’s “All American Road Show.” The soulful Spokane resident will deliver tracks from his latest album, “Apart.”

May’s PlayStation Showcase saw the announcement of Marathon, the next game from Bungie, the Bellevue-based developer best known for creating Halo and Destiny. A reboot, the original trilogy was released in 1994-96 exclusively for Mac OS and largely flew under the radar. However, it was well-received critically and set the stage for Bungie to create the Halo franchise.